#BabAlShams | Israeli bulldozers demolish Bab al-Shams village again

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished the Palestinian village of Bab al-Shams under the protection of an Israeli large force, after being set up by Palestinian activists on Palestinian land threatened with confiscation within the so-called “A1″ area.

Eyewitnesses said that hundreds of Israeli soldiers arrived to the scene accompanied by bulldozers, and began demolishing, dismantling and removing the village’s tents.

The occupation forces surrounded a large area in the vicinity of the village, and closed the roads leading to the Bab al-Shams village, while Israeli soldiers have started the demolition process, the sources added.

Meanwhile, Judges of the so-called “Ofer and Magistrate” courts decided on Wednesday evening, to release all detainees of Bab al-Shams village, who were arrested yesterday afternoon after they have managed to return to the village.

Twenty activists, between 17 and 50 years old, were arrested from the village by the Israeli forces, including a foreign activist, a Jerusalemite, and the rest were from the West Bank, where they were released on bail after paying a thousand NIS for 15 activists, and being removed from the village of Bab al-Shams for a whole month, the lawyer Bassam Bahr said in a press release.

He noted that the Ministry of Prisoners has paid the bails for the detainees, where a lawyer from the ministry and the Palestinian Prisoner Society and a lawyer representative for Bab al-Shams Village had attended the trial.

Furthermore, Magistrate’s Court has extended yesterday the arrest of Amer Zeddani, 17, from the town of Silwan until next Sunday pending further investigation, and the arrest of Khalil Abu Sanad, 17, and Mahmoud Sarhan, 17.

In a related context, the court released Ibrahim Odeh, 23, Samah Sarhan, 19, and Mohammed Abu Sanad,18, after paying bail of 2,500 shekels for each one, and 10 days house arrest.

Wadi al-Hilweh Information Center indicated that the four were arrested earlier this year, and charged them with numerous counts, including throwing Molotov cocktail in Silwan.

“Settling” by Israel constitutes a WARCRIME according to International Law and the ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislation’ it is forbidden.

A Reminder to all that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 13:1 states:

“Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state”

LAW

“States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy.”

Summary

State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in international armed conflicts. International armed conflicts

The prohibition on deporting or transferring parts of a State’s own civilian population into the territory it occupies is set forth in the Fourth Geneva Convention.[1]

It is a grave breach of Additional Protocol I.[2]

Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, “the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”constitutes a war crimein international armed conflicts.[3]

Many military manuals prohibit the deportation or transfer by a party to the conflict of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies.[4]

This rule is included in the legislation of numerous States.[5]

Official statements and reported practice also support the prohibition on transferring one’s own civilian population into occupied territory.[6]

Attempts to alter the demographic composition of an occupied territory have been condemned by the UN Security Council.[7]

In 1992, it called for the cessation of attempts to change the ethnic composition of the population, anywhere in the former Yugoslavia.[8]

Similarly, the UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights have condemned settlement practices.[9]

According to the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements, “the implantation of settlers” is unlawful and engages State responsibility and the criminal responsibility of individuals.[10]

In 1981, the 24th International Conference of the Red Cross reaffirmed that “settlements in occupied territory are incompatible with article 27 and 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention”.[11]

In the Case of the Major War Criminals in 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg found two of the accused guilty of attempting the “Germanization” of occupied territories.[12]

[10] UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights, Final report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements (ibid., § 415).

[12] International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Case of the Major War Criminals, Judgement (ibid., § 421).

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